Imperfect Competition and Anglo-German Trade Rivalry: Markets for Cotton Textiles before 1914

The Journal of Economic History

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 494-527

  Brown, John C ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITISH; COMPETITIVENESS; COTTON FABRICS; EXPORTS; GERMAN; MARKETING; TEXTILE HISTORY;

ANGLO-GERMAN TRADE; COTTON TEXTILE; EXPORT MARKET; HISTORICAL STUDIES; NINETEENTH CENTURY; TRADE PERFORMANCE;

GERMANY; UK;

EID: 0029412634     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700041619     Document Type: Article

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